Age-dependent accumulation of heavy metals in Baikal seal (Phoca sibirica) from the lake Baikal

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 518-526

  Watanabe, I ^a   Tanabe, S ^a   Amano, M ^b   Miyazaki, N ^b   Petrov, E A ^c   Tatsukawa, R ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEAL; WATER POLLUTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; SEALS, EARLESS; SIBERIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA SIBIRICA; PHOCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031709512     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900411     Document Type: Article

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